“...and programs that will make sure that you and me pay some one elses share of the cost (for a lie that will not solve anything, of coarse).”
We just got some letter from our power company introducing their new “Green Power Program”.
For just....about $12/month more, you’ll ensure additional renewewable energy is produced. Increasing the amount of renewable energy in the power pool will reduce emissions...”
So - for $12/month more I can feel good about myself that somewhere, somehow, someone put up a solar panel!?
I’m guessing that this “Green Power Program”, when they figure out that volunteering doesn’t quite cut it, it will become mandatory, and give it some fancy name like Green Realization And Benefits. (GRAB for short.)
It's probably not even that good. Some power plant operator sent a cash bribe and three granola boxtops to some Al Gore lookalike scan artist and got back a sticker that he can stick on the front door saying the plant is now "green".